So glad we found this place. Cosy, warm and a really nice menu with specials and lots of Welsh ingredients. Really friendly, cheerful staff. Best of all the choice between a pot and a mug of tea! Diolch!
iain Moody
We had pre-booked and it was busy so tables were set up in the bookshop. Brilliant ambience. Good food and service.
Yvette Willson
Incredibly friendly service , delicious food (we had the Welsh rarebit, meat & cheese platter & thee best coronation chicken sandwich ever. Lovely setting too. Highly recommend!
nigellc
Cafe in cathedral grounds by the car park. Good priced and varied menu. Converted barn type ecclesiastical structure making pleasant ambiance.
Kester Muller
I leave this review with much love for this brilliant cafe, easily the best premises and surrounding environs in Brecon. Excellent service and nice managers. My issue is that the food seems very overpriced for what it is, and not really affordable to many families. It's a shame for such a great spot to become functionally only accessible to wealthy visitors of the cathedral, out of the price range of particularly any younger locals. It may however be the only way that they can make it pay, if so my complaint can be redirected towards those who have crashed our economy! XKid-friendliness: Really nice that kids can play outside of the cafe without fear of vehicles
Christine Jorgensen
Great choice of sandwiches, including veggie and vegan options, good coffee and friendly staff.
Andrew Otterburn
Excellent cafe in a lovely location. We parked in the long stay car park so it was a bit if a walk on a hot day but well worth the effort. Cafes in Brecon looked busy and few had tables outside. We were given a table in the shade just across the green from the cathedral. Cool beers and a lovely quiche, new potatoes and salad - just what we needed. We were driving from St Davids to Oxford via the A40 so as to avoid delays on the M4 and will do the same route next time - but use the car park next to the cathedral!
Janet Williams
Unable to rate as closed except for booked Sunday lunch! No mention of closure on website so drove up specially from Swansea! I wasn't the only disappointed customer.
Carys Holloway
Nice coffee - I enjoyed my decaf cappuccino with oat milk.Great venue for music too!
411nickn
Lovely visit on a rainy Saturday. Super pot of tea and some Welsh cakes. Staff were very helpful and cheerful. Food look very appetising, well worth a visit.
Visited the cafe whilst visiting the cathedral on a wet Saturday in Brecon. Saw the cafe and decided to pop in for a coffee and cake. A lovely building, very friendly staff and a welcome refreshment. Thank you.
graham stephenson
As a tourist we visited on a Sunday and had the cafés delicious Sunday lunch a choice between beef, chicken or veggie option, the food was delicious the freshly prepared veg was a delight. Highly recommended
Sightsee65950982293
What a special find! Nestled in the cathedral grounds, this friendly cafe offers a super tasty menu all served with a smile. Highly recommend the quiche of the day, and there are lots of vegan options :)
david howells
Come here all the time being a Brecon local. Friendly staff, a reasonable variety of foods and cakes (could do with a bit more0 but the feather in the cap is the location. Being set in the curtilage of beautiful Brecon Cathedral the setting is sublimely gorgeous, green, peaceful, historic and lowers your heartbeat by about forty beats. Apart from the tea and cakes you can walk inside this stunning cathedral and even see the historic military chapel and view the iconic colours of the South Wales Borderers that were involved in the Zulu wars.* There is also a lovely little shop and toilets on site.*The 24th Regiment - South Wales Borderers - established their Regimental Depot in Brecon in 1873 and the Havard Chapel in Brecon Cathedral was dedicated as the Regimental Chapel in 1922. In 1934, the famous Colours carried by the Regiment during the 1879 Zulu War were deposited in the Chapel. The Queen's Colour 1/24th was saved by Lieutenants Melvill and Coghill after the disaster at Isandhlwana. Both officers, who were killed by the Zulus, were each later awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross. These particular Colours, because of their significance, were encased in 2002 to prevent further deterioration.
John Nolan
A delightful oasis in the busy town of Brecon. Lovely welcoming staff when I phoned and who remembered my name.Sat outside under a tree in the shade on a sunny day on the lawn and finished with the pleasures of visiting the Cathedral in whose grounds the cafe lies.Presently shut Mondays and Tuesdays, I would strongly recommend it over cafes with chairs and tables on the pavements in the town centre. [A town but not a city, despite the cathedral.]
So glad we found this place. Cosy, warm and a really nice menu with specials and lots of Welsh ingredients. Really friendly, cheerful staff. Best of all the choice between a pot and a mug of tea! Diolch!
We had pre-booked and it was busy so tables were set up in the bookshop. Brilliant ambience. Good food and service.
Incredibly friendly service , delicious food (we had the Welsh rarebit, meat & cheese platter & thee best coronation chicken sandwich ever. Lovely setting too. Highly recommend!
Cafe in cathedral grounds by the car park. Good priced and varied menu. Converted barn type ecclesiastical structure making pleasant ambiance.
I leave this review with much love for this brilliant cafe, easily the best premises and surrounding environs in Brecon. Excellent service and nice managers. My issue is that the food seems very overpriced for what it is, and not really affordable to many families. It's a shame for such a great spot to become functionally only accessible to wealthy visitors of the cathedral, out of the price range of particularly any younger locals. It may however be the only way that they can make it pay, if so my complaint can be redirected towards those who have crashed our economy! XKid-friendliness: Really nice that kids can play outside of the cafe without fear of vehicles
Great choice of sandwiches, including veggie and vegan options, good coffee and friendly staff.
Excellent cafe in a lovely location. We parked in the long stay car park so it was a bit if a walk on a hot day but well worth the effort. Cafes in Brecon looked busy and few had tables outside. We were given a table in the shade just across the green from the cathedral. Cool beers and a lovely quiche, new potatoes and salad - just what we needed. We were driving from St Davids to Oxford via the A40 so as to avoid delays on the M4 and will do the same route next time - but use the car park next to the cathedral!
Unable to rate as closed except for booked Sunday lunch! No mention of closure on website so drove up specially from Swansea! I wasn't the only disappointed customer.
Nice coffee - I enjoyed my decaf cappuccino with oat milk.Great venue for music too!
Lovely visit on a rainy Saturday. Super pot of tea and some Welsh cakes. Staff were very helpful and cheerful. Food look very appetising, well worth a visit.
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Visited the cafe whilst visiting the cathedral on a wet Saturday in Brecon. Saw the cafe and decided to pop in for a coffee and cake. A lovely building, very friendly staff and a welcome refreshment. Thank you.
As a tourist we visited on a Sunday and had the cafés delicious Sunday lunch a choice between beef, chicken or veggie option, the food was delicious the freshly prepared veg was a delight. Highly recommended
What a special find! Nestled in the cathedral grounds, this friendly cafe offers a super tasty menu all served with a smile. Highly recommend the quiche of the day, and there are lots of vegan options :)
Come here all the time being a Brecon local. Friendly staff, a reasonable variety of foods and cakes (could do with a bit more0 but the feather in the cap is the location. Being set in the curtilage of beautiful Brecon Cathedral the setting is sublimely gorgeous, green, peaceful, historic and lowers your heartbeat by about forty beats. Apart from the tea and cakes you can walk inside this stunning cathedral and even see the historic military chapel and view the iconic colours of the South Wales Borderers that were involved in the Zulu wars.* There is also a lovely little shop and toilets on site.*The 24th Regiment - South Wales Borderers - established their Regimental Depot in Brecon in 1873 and the Havard Chapel in Brecon Cathedral was dedicated as the Regimental Chapel in 1922. In 1934, the famous Colours carried by the Regiment during the 1879 Zulu War were deposited in the Chapel. The Queen's Colour 1/24th was saved by Lieutenants Melvill and Coghill after the disaster at Isandhlwana. Both officers, who were killed by the Zulus, were each later awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross. These particular Colours, because of their significance, were encased in 2002 to prevent further deterioration.
A delightful oasis in the busy town of Brecon. Lovely welcoming staff when I phoned and who remembered my name.Sat outside under a tree in the shade on a sunny day on the lawn and finished with the pleasures of visiting the Cathedral in whose grounds the cafe lies.Presently shut Mondays and Tuesdays, I would strongly recommend it over cafes with chairs and tables on the pavements in the town centre. [A town but not a city, despite the cathedral.]